188 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



BARLEY. 



BERKSHIRE. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



This crop is raised quite extensively in the north and middle 

 sections of the county, and the soil seems to be well adapted 

 to its growth. It requires a strong, moist soil. "We gave Sey- 

 mour Wilcox, of Lanesboro', the first premium ; B. F. Mills, 

 of Williamstown, the second ; Ansel Prince, of Windsor, the 

 third; and Joshua Tillotson, of Lanesboro', the fourth. Mr. 

 Wilcox's field contains twenty acres; it was in corn last year, 

 and had a top-dressing of ten loads of manure per acre ; no 

 manure used on the present crop ; it was ploughed seven inches, 

 the seed rolled in plaster, and sown, 18th of May, with three 

 bushels of six-rowed barley per acre ; seed raised in Wisconsin. 

 Mr. Wilcox has been in the practice of raising barley a number 

 of years, and thinks that seed from the west produces a better 

 crop than seed raised here. Mr. Mill's ground was in corn 

 last year ; it received twenty-five loads of manure to the acre, 

 and produced sixty bushels of corn per acre. For the present 

 crop it was ploughed seven inches, and three and one-half bush- 

 els of six-rowed barley were sown on the 13th of May, and on 

 the 30th of June, two hundred pounds of plaster. Mr. Prince's 

 barley followed potatoes ; twenty loads of manure were used 

 last year, and twelve this; it was ploughed six inches, and 

 sown 22d of May, with three bushels of six-rowed barley. 



BRISTOL. 



Statement of George R. Leonard. 



On the last of April, 1853, I ploughed one acre of ground, 

 on which I raised, the year previous, one hundred and fourteen 

 bushels of corn. On the 20th of May I spread three cords of 

 stable manure, and cross-ploughed in the same. On the 21st 

 of .May I sowed three bushels of barley, which I harrowed and 

 bushed in. 



I weighed the crop after cutting and drying four days, and 



